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1. A blissful field circled with groves of myrrh

First Line:
A blissful field circled with groves of myrrh
Last Line:
Imbrowned the noon-tide bowers
Author:
John Milton (Absolute)
DMI number:
7508

2. A certain rich knight

First Line:
A certain rich knight
Last Line:
And stoop to so ignoble a passion
DMI number:
22538

3. A country clown called Hodge went up to view

First Line:
A country clown called Hodge went up to view
Last Line:
His body fell out fled his frighted soul
Author:
Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3638

4. A country family for London bound

First Line:
A country family for London bound
Last Line:
Exalts your souls and yields a lasting pleasure
DMI number:
17686

5. A peace a peace is better far

First Line:
A peace a peace is better far
Last Line:
A better peace what heart could wish
DMI number:
24452

6. A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat

First Line:
A place where the farmer sometimes lays his wheat
Last Line:
May be found fifty prostitutes every day
DMI number:
36846

7. A poet late of no ignoble fame

First Line:
A poet late of no ignoble fame
Last Line:
The men are blacksmiths and their wives are whores
DMI number:
34625

8. A riddle a riddle mee neighbour John

First Line:
A riddle a riddle mee neighbour John
Last Line:
Chil hold in great indudgeon
DMI number:
42463

9. A late expedition to Oxford was made

First Line:
A late expedition to Oxford was made
Last Line:
She's a woman she'll tell for she hates a true blue
DMI number:
24421

10. Ah mourn thou loved retreat no more

First Line:
Ah mourn thou loved retreat no more
Last Line:
Usurped the wizard's proud domain
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
38693

11. All folks who pretend to religion or grace

First Line:
All folks who pretend to religion or grace
Last Line:
How happy for us that it is not at home
Author:
Jonathan Swift (Absolute)
DMI number:
17403

12. Accept lamented shade the mournful lays

First Line:
Accept lamented shade the mournful lays
Last Line:
That ever youth could boast or heaven itself bestow
DMI number:
22939

13. Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

First Line:
Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree
Last Line:
Shadows of hills grow long and the sun low
DMI number:
41828

14. After great Nassau taught this nation war

First Line:
After great Nassau taught this nation war
Last Line:
To Britain that we choose him for our own
DMI number:
10632

15. After those reverend papers whose soul is

First Line:
After those reverend papers whose soul is
Last Line:
In length and ease are alike every where
Author:
John Donne (Absolute)
DMI number:
9212

16. All nature was smiling and gay

First Line:
All nature was smiling and gay
Last Line:
Soft transports we never must repeat
DMI number:
11741

17. An honest Yorkshire man lies here

First Line:
An honest Yorkshire man lies here
Last Line:
His peace and everlasting rest
DMI number:
36906

18. Among these chiefs of British race

First Line:
Among these chiefs of British race
Last Line:
The structure was his own
Author:
Robert Nugent (Absolute)
DMI number:
22441

19. Although no brandished cherubins are here

First Line:
Although no brandished cherubins are here
Last Line:
When an heroic is a georgic too
DMI number:
4539

20. Amelia beauteous princess deign to view

First Line:
Amelia beauteous princess deign to view
Last Line:
The task to abler poets I resign
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18289

21. Amidst the nymphs the glory of the flood

First Line:
Amidst the nymphs the glory of the flood
Last Line:
From the tribunal of a lovely face
Author:
Thomas Flatman (Absolute)
DMI number:
36250

22. As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

First Line:
As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears
Last Line:
Their prudence will an easy triumph gain
DMI number:
41851

23. As wandering streams by secret force return

First Line:
As wandering streams by secret force return
Last Line:
But what they should be we must learn from you
Author:
Sir Richard Steele (Speculation)
DMI number:
6208

24. As well might lambs the lions den surround

First Line:
As well might lambs the lions den surround
Last Line:
The men defend the walls and not the walls the men
DMI number:
5238

25. As Neptune the Venetian towers surveys

First Line:
As Neptune the Venetian towers surveys
Last Line:
And own that men built yours but gods built mine
Author:
Charles Hopkins (Confident)
DMI number:
6474

26. As off the sea the cheerful eastern gales

First Line:
As off the sea the cheerful eastern gales
Last Line:
Till sense to dotage life to death gave way
DMI number:
20711

27. As by the templars holds you go

First Line:
As by the templars holds you go
Last Line:
And law without delay
DMI number:
20837

28. As Colin drove his sheep along

First Line:
As Colin drove his sheep along
Last Line:
Blither girls than any there
Author:
Charles Sackville (Confident) & John Wilmot (Speculation)
DMI number:
3649

29. As a fond lover when his mistress frowns

First Line:
As a fond lover when his mistress frowns
Last Line:
And at this juncture double is their praise
DMI number:
17717

30. As soon as mild Augustus could assuage

First Line:
As soon as mild Augustus could assuage
Last Line:
They stoop for ease and pitch upon the ground
Author:
John Potenger (Absolute)
DMI number:
4040

31. As I went to Walsingham

First Line:
As I went to Walsingham
Last Line:
Oft have I said you nay
DMI number:
37319

32. At Blagrave's once upon a time

First Line:
At Blagrave's once upon a time
Last Line:
Safety for unsubstantial show
Author:
Thomas Warton (Absolute)
DMI number:
26596

33. At easy distance from the town

First Line:
At easy distance from the town
Last Line:
And generous plenty flows
Author:
Mary Chandler (Absolute)
DMI number:
18329

34. At Edinburgh as micht be seene

First Line:
At Edinburgh as micht be seene
Last Line:
That thy estait may fluris still
Author:
John Burel (Confident)
DMI number:
4624

35. At length the tumult of the banquet over

First Line:
At length the tumult of the banquet over
Last Line:
Then flows at large and his low banks disdains
Author:
John Hughes (Absolute)
DMI number:
8383

36. Attend to my song all ye gay and ye great

First Line:
Attend to my song all ye gay and ye great
Last Line:
Midst thankless Bathonians eighty thousand a year
DMI number:
31658

37. As with a friend on Sunday last

First Line:
As with a friend on Sunday last
Last Line:
And then my wonder ceased
DMI number:
26776

38. Bath in year sixty nine

First Line:
Bath in year sixty nine
Last Line:
Shout St George and Old England for ever
DMI number:
31657

39. Birds in joy all birds excelling

First Line:
Birds in joy all birds excelling
Last Line:
And they'll kill him with a frown
DMI number:
23448

40. Blessed be ye all ye powers above

First Line:
Blessed be ye all ye powers above
Last Line:
And to his no less conquering arm their poisonous breath
DMI number:
42820

41. Brave Titus three years had in London been

First Line:
Brave Titus three years had in London been
Last Line:
He has been in the Compter all the while
DMI number:
17357

42. Behold the touchstone of true love

First Line:
Behold the touchstone of true love
Last Line:
To the joy of all good men
DMI number:
12082

43. Bold Robin Hood ranging the forest all round

First Line:
Bold Robin Hood ranging the forest all round
Last Line:
Can do the like of thee
DMI number:
37004

44. By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows

First Line:
By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows
Last Line:
White over his head the circling waters foam
Author:
James Thomson (Absolute)
DMI number:
23577

45. But now at Piccadilly they arrive

First Line:
But now at Piccadilly they arrive
Last Line:
And slipping through the Palsgrave bilked poor Hack
Author:
Charles Montagu (Absolute) & Matthew Prior (Absolute)
DMI number:
40475

46. Britain at length her wrath declares

First Line:
Britain at length her wrath declares
Last Line:
Let Bourbon tremble at the alliance
DMI number:
33385

47. Britons awake your country's cause

First Line:
Britons awake your country's cause
Last Line:
And choose right honest Knightley
DMI number:
24451

48. Chaste pious prudent C------ the second

First Line:
Chaste pious prudent C------ the second
Last Line:
Prove wretched kinged by storks and logs
Author:
John Wilmot (Speculation) & John Freke (Confident) & Andrew Marvell (Speculation)
DMI number:
3653

49. Child Waters in his stable stood

First Line:
Child Waters in his stable stood
Last Line:
Shall be upon one day
Author:
Jael Henrietta Pye [nee Mendez; other married name Campbell] (Absolute)
DMI number:
37064

50. Come on sir here's the place stand still how fearful

First Line:
Come on sir here's the place stand still how fearful
Last Line:
Topple down headlong
Author:
William Shakespeare (Absolute)
DMI number:
37396

51. Christ took the manhood the best of men became

First Line:
Christ took the manhood the best of men became
Last Line:
Church is a place where nations worship him
DMI number:
33989

52. Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright

First Line:
Close in her hallowed grot where mildly bright
Last Line:
And calm prefer oblivion to disgrace
Author:
William Mason (Absolute)
DMI number:
24462

53. Come brothers of Stratford these flocks let us shear

First Line:
Come brothers of Stratford these flocks let us shear
Last Line:
And leave to next year the return of the day | Sing Tantararara shear all &c
DMI number:
35200

54. Come light and listen you gentlemen all

First Line:
Come light and listen you gentlemen all
Last Line:
To be of his yeomanry
DMI number:
36998

55. Come exert yourself Clio I pray

First Line:
Come exert yourself Clio I pray
Last Line:
Would rouse passion though buried in years
Author:
Richard Fitzpatrick (Absolute)
DMI number:
33899

56. Dear colonel you enjoined the task

First Line:
Dear colonel you enjoined the task
Last Line:
And me from head to toe
DMI number:
31598

57. Could Horace poet critic wit

First Line:
Could Horace poet critic wit
Last Line:
Blessed with plain sense and sober reason
DMI number:
22181

58. Come you gallants all to you I call

First Line:
Come you gallants all to you I call
Last Line:
And so ends Robin Hood's chance
DMI number:
36991

59. Daphnis because I am your debtor

First Line:
Daphnis because I am your debtor
Last Line:
I rest your very humble servant
Author:
Aphra Behn (Confident)
DMI number:
41818

60. Deluded men these holds forego

First Line:
Deluded men these holds forego
Last Line:
The jockeys that will ride you
DMI number:
20838

61. Ere gins were known when arrows showered the field

First Line:
Ere gins were known when arrows showered the field
Last Line:
May say I'm not the last deserves the bays
DMI number:
24656

62. England's a perfect world has Indies too

First Line:
England's a perfect world has Indies too
Last Line:
And gives her a black bag for a green gown
Author:
Thomas Winyard (Absolute)
DMI number:
6740

63. England's a perfect world hath indies too

First Line:
England's a perfect world hath indies too
Last Line:
And gives her a black bag for a green gown
DMI number:
36581

64. Enough of Grongar and the shady dales

First Line:
Enough of Grongar and the shady dales
Last Line:
And the great queen of earth imperial Rome
Author:
John Dyer (Absolute)
DMI number:
21898

65. Enough of time I have now spent in vain

First Line:
Enough of time I have now spent in vain
Last Line:
And never perplex my self with woman more
DMI number:
12667

66. Down-Hall well seated near a wood

First Line:
Down-Hall well seated near a wood
Last Line:
The best I know for making tea
Author:
John Morley (Speculation)
DMI number:
15512

67. Dunnotter's ruined pride and falling towers

First Line:
Dunnotter's ruined pride and falling towers
Last Line:
And bloom when time and nature are no more
DMI number:
41791

68. Each saucy cit who strolls from town

First Line:
Each saucy cit who strolls from town
Last Line:
What you possess the bard enjoys
Author:
Richard Graves (Absolute)
DMI number:
27513

69. Doating Silvenius in decline of life

First Line:
Doating Silvenius in decline of life
Last Line:
And old Silvenius glory in a son
DMI number:
17706

70. Draw England ruined by what was given before

First Line:
Draw England ruined by what was given before
Last Line:
Saw his ships burn and as they burnt he ------
Author:
Sir John Denham (Speculation)
DMI number:
3574

71. Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill

First Line:
Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill
Last Line:
Their undeserving bowls replenish still
DMI number:
20704

72. Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill

First Line:
Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill
Last Line:
Ungrateful vile
DMI number:
18405

73. First in support of interest old

First Line:
First in support of interest old
Last Line:
And make our rights more lasting
DMI number:
24417

74. Far other views chill winter's hand displays

First Line:
Far other views chill winter's hand displays
Last Line:
He sinks in death pale as the ambient snow
Author:
George Keate (Absolute)
DMI number:
26948

75. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
Last Line:
Bath is the touchstone of a lady's sense
DMI number:
15468

76. Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain

First Line:
Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
Last Line:
Bath is the touchstone of a woman's sense
DMI number:
12673

77. From a spoon without a handle

First Line:
From a spoon without a handle
Last Line:
And from college government | Libera me &c
DMI number:
5220

78. From care from noise from every bustle free

First Line:
From care from noise from every bustle free
Last Line:
I'd weave awhile my thoughts of being great
Author:
John Chetwood Eustace (Speculation)
DMI number:
21583

79. Freeholders attend

First Line:
Freeholders attend
Last Line:
Here's a health to great George our king | Fal da roll &c
DMI number:
24423

80. Fresh from the schools behold an Oxford smart

First Line:
Fresh from the schools behold an Oxford smart
Last Line:
Shall run like men and women upon two
Author:
George Colman (Absolute)
DMI number:
31732

81. For look you hur am an a prove gallant man

First Line:
For look you hur am an a prove gallant man
Last Line:
And aint it a plentiful plentiful house
DMI number:
35766

82. For places in the court are but like beds

First Line:
For places in the court are but like beds
Last Line:
At that man's foot and so lower and lower
Author:
John Webster (Absolute)
DMI number:
17305

83. Forgive bright charmer since it is decreed

First Line:
Forgive bright charmer since it is decreed
Last Line:
Seeks vainly for a flood to cool his scorching pain
DMI number:
6028

84. For the honest old cause

First Line:
For the honest old cause
Last Line:
Of Wenman and Dashwood for ever
DMI number:
24416

85. From Oxford we learn Friar Twister the lean

First Line:
From Oxford we learn Friar Twister the lean
Last Line:
Next time you're preferred it will be to a r--
DMI number:
24427

86. Gk with emphasis and pause

First Line:
Gk with emphasis and pause
Last Line:
Let G--k speak and be admired
DMI number:
31534

87. Genius of Penshurst old

First Line:
Genius of Penshurst old
Last Line:
And Sidney poured his fancy-flowing strain
Author:
Francis Coventry (Absolute)
DMI number:
25708

88. Gentle herdsman tell to me

First Line:
Gentle herdsman tell to me
Last Line:
And soe faire pilgrim fare thee well
DMI number:
37316

89. Gernons fyrst named of Brutys bloude of Troy

First Line:
Gernons fyrst named of Brutys bloude of Troy
Last Line:
And therfore the Perses Percies the Cressant doth renew
DMI number:
37764

90. From vulgar eyes on plains exalted high

First Line:
From vulgar eyes on plains exalted high
Last Line:
Who has preserved it by his conquering sword
Author:
William Oldisworth (Absolute)
DMI number:
10669

91. From wanton scenes -- the show of fools

First Line:
From wanton scenes -- the show of fools
Last Line:
And seeks her native skies
DMI number:
32409

92. From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides

First Line:
From where the Stroud smooth stream serenely glides
Last Line:
Weep over its ruins at its follies laugh
Author:
Sneyd Davies (Absolute)
DMI number:
23416

93. Gold taken from the king's harbingers

First Line:
Gold taken from the king's harbingers
Last Line:
That gold will serve thee and me
DMI number:
36990

94. Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim

First Line:
Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim
Last Line:
The Greek has rivals but thy Shakespeare none
Author:
Thomas Seward (Absolute)
DMI number:
22492

95. Great master of the scenic art

First Line:
Great master of the scenic art
Last Line:
Don't come to Bath to play the fool
DMI number:
31532

96. Hail British fair ones who in silence sit

First Line:
Hail British fair ones who in silence sit
Last Line:
And a new brightness smiles around the plain
Author:
Laurence Eusden (Confident)
DMI number:
36234

97. Hail glorious lamp where hast thou been

First Line:
Hail glorious lamp where hast thou been
Last Line:
Return with him and all is light
DMI number:
32854

98. Hail happy Delville blissful seat

First Line:
Hail happy Delville blissful seat
Last Line:
A soul to praise and copy heaven
DMI number:
23824

99. Griffin bustard turkey capon

First Line:
Griffin bustard turkey capon
Last Line:
Let us dabble dive and duck in a bowl | Oh by the blood of King Edward | Oh by the blood of King Edward | It was a swapping swapping mallard
DMI number:
26597

100. Happy are you whom Quintock overlooks

First Line:
Happy are you whom Quintock overlooks
Last Line:
For though the world be burnt this never will be Brent
Author:
William Diaper (Absolute)
DMI number:
15645